Case Studies of DRR Delivery Lessons Using ICT in Elementary School Classrooms in Japan
Lessons from COVID-19 to Future Practices
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to conduct the face-to-face contact-based DRR (disaster risk reduction) delivery lessons that we had been providing in elementary schools. To overcome this challenge, we developed a video tool and practiced delivery lessons by using ICT in schools. This paper reports on three cases. In study 1, we conducted a delivery lesson by connecting the school broadcasting room to the classroom in a unidirectional manner. In study 2, we connected the laboratory in the university to the individual student’s computers. In study 3, we visited the school and carried out the lesson by connecting the school computer room with the teacher’s computer in the classroom. We summarized the differences among these three practices, as well as their various characteristics, and discussed the future directions of ICT-based DRR delivery lessons. The ICT-based DRR delivery lesson could bring new educational effects that have never been generated by the traditional delivery lessons.
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